Device for delivering material from a container.



A. CLEMENS.

DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MATERIAL FROM A CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 7, 1911.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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JJ'TORAEY TINT ALBERT CLEMENS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MATERIAL FROM A CONTAINER.

Application filed December 7, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Serial No. 664,510.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT CLEMENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Device for Delivering lvlaterial from a Container, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for distributing and. applying material from a container, in which the material is spread in small quantity over a surface adapted to receive it, to be applied from this surface in the way desired.

The object of my improvement is to provide an easily portable arrangement so constructed that there is no danger of spilling the supply of the material, that the amount applied to the surface will be even and not excessive, and that the whole will furnish a ready means of applying the material to its desired object. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the en tire structure, Fig. 2 a top view of the same,

having the top of the inner chamber removed so as to show the internal structure, Fig. 3, a vertical section of the structure adjacent the movable rod.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The rectangular box, container or reservoir A, having a top A a bottom A and ends A and A, is provided with a slit A, here shown in the end A while at the opposite end a hole A is provided. A. guide-rod A is fixed longitudinally in the box A. A carrier B, here in the form of a ribbon or strip of flexible material, furnishing a surface adapted to hold the material, is of such cross section that it passes easily, but with a close fit, through the slit A This ribbon, tongue or carrier is shown somewhat longer than the box A, so that when it is drawn into the interior of the box to a position in which the inside end is near the end A, a portion of the carrier is still projecting outside of the slit A It is obvious that in this position the projecting portions may be grasped and the carrier drawn through the slit.

In the construction illustrated, the inner end of the carrier is provided with a metal shoe B preferably extending clear across, this shoe narrowing to a sharp edge. To

this shoe is attached a sleeve B adapted to run on the guide rod A A movable rod C is provided, adapted to pass through the hole A, its outer end being provided with a knob C and its inner end bearing a sleeve C which runs on the fixed rod A. The sleeve B is of such form as to act as a stop to prevent the carrier B from being wholly withdrawn through the slit A. The sleeve C is of such form and so adjusted with reference to the fixed red A on which it slides and the sleeve B that the sleeve C is nearer the slit A than the sleeve B and the two cannot pass. It is evident that when the carrier B is withdrawn from the box A as far as it will go, it may be drawn back into the box by merely pulling out the rod C, the sleeve C sliding along the fixed rod A, drawing with it the sleeve 13 and the whole carrier B to which the sleeve B is attached. When this operation is accomplished, and the carrier B drawn inside the box A as far as it will go, the rod C may be pushed back into the box, so as not to project.

The box A is provided with an opening A and suitable cover D therefor; the opening affording a means of introducing into this box A. whatever material is to be distributed on the carrier and applied therefrom. In the form shown, a pad of resilient material A is placed along the i11- terior portion of the slit, which operates to prevent leakage of material through the slit when the carrier is withdrawn.

The invention is applicable to many uses, for example may be utilized as a cosmetic applying device. The cosmetic is introduced into the box, and coming in contact with the carrier, adheres thereto. The carrier being withdrawn, and being impregnated with the cosmetic, may be applied to the skin. \Vhen this is complete, the carrier may be withdrawn into the box until again needed. It is evident that it' desired the whole device may be made of such size as to be easily carried about, for use whenever convenient.

The carrier is made of material suited to the character of application desired, the construction described consisting of a double thickness of chamois skin, reinforced by an intermediate layer of linen B The shoe B, mentioned above, gives needed stillness to the carrier, and being narrowed to an edge, prevents the crowding or accumulation of the contents of the container when the carrier is withdrawn back carrier passes through it, and that the walls of the slit will remove from the car- 1 rier, as it moves outwardly, any excess of material adhering thereto. The entire device constitutes one which may be inverted or used in any position, and is so designed that non-solid material, such as a powder or semi-liquid, may be :used

therein, without being subjected to any special treatment or preparation. The length of the carrier which is in contact wit1 the material to be distributed, renders impregnation more complete than is possible where the carrier is rolled or comes in con tact with the material at certain points only. T

he absence of any spring operated mecha nism makes it possible to pull the carrier out as far as may :be :desired, where it will set without fastening or any added device,

and since the carrier is available and perfectly loose at the end outside the box, with out springs tending to draw it back, application to the surface desired is much easier than where it is necessary to fasten the outer end of the carrier in order to :keep it from retreating back into the carrier. The structure described furnishes a means by which the carrier may be withdrawn from' the box to any desired extent, and con-' veniently used in that position without further fastening; and by which the carrier remains tlat and unrolled throughout its entire length within the container while be ing moved integrally or as a whole, such length within the container being in contact with the material. for a iplication practically the entire length of the carrier, so that there is no material portion which comes in contact with the contents of the container, which cannot be withdrawn and used. The device makes it possible to use, if desired, a material for the carrier which does not permit of being rolled or bent over. It is to be noted that the return of the carrier into the chamber is easily controlled by the operators hand, and may be effected to any desired extent.

A further advantage of this device is that when the carrier strip is withdrawn to its full extent, being prevented from complete withdrawal by the projecting stop, no portion of the said carrier is exposed to the material within the container. In the 'devices in which some portion of the strip must remain within the chamber, exposed to It also makes available contact with the material, it is evident that the portion which remains inside uses up the material, without ever being available for application, and that the adhering material to this inner part of the carrier strip, gradually tends to clog it up and interfere with smooth operation.

I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent the following:

1. In a device for distributing and applying material from a container a structure forming a reservoir chamber, a "carrier normally in contact with the contents of the chamber and contained by the chamber, but adapted to move as a whole in its own plane so that a part thereof is exposed outside the chamber, a stop projecting from the inner end of the said carrier and operating to prevent its entire withdrawal.

2. In a device for distributing and applying 'HlZItQIlEIl. from a container, :a structure forming .a reservoir chamber, a carrier normally in contact with the contents of the chamber, but adapted to slide "to a position outside the chamber, and means for returning the carrier to normal position in con tact with contents of reservoir chamber, :the whole being so constructed that the material is loosely confined by the walls of #the chamber, and that the portion of the carrier.

which at any time is within the chamber is *at allpar-ts exposed to contact with the contents of the chamber, and free from rolling.

3. In a device for distributing and applying material from, a container, a supply chamber provided with a narrow opening, a pliable strip designed to slide therethrough without material leakage 'from the chamber to a position such that no part oit said strip remains exposed to the contents of the supply chamber, and means whereby the strip may be drawn into the chamber in such manner that its entire length within the chamber will be exposed to the contents of the same. I

4.. In a device for distributing and applying material from a container, a box forming a chamber and having a slit at one part of its walls and a holeat another, a movable carrier normally lying within the chamber except where a portion projects through the before mentioned slit, the said carrier being adapted to be partially withdrawn through said slit, and means operable through the before-mentioned hole in the box by which the inner end of said carrier, together with the rest of the carrier, may be moved in a direction away from the slit, thereby tending to return said carrier into the chamber from a withdrawn position.

5. In a device for distributing and applying material from a container provided with a slit and adapted to serve as a reservoir of material, a strip normally within said chamber, and in contact with the contents, but with one end projecting outside through said slit, the said strip being provided with a stop-projection at its inner end, and adapted to be so completely Withdrawn that no part remains within the reservoir except the end bearing the stop projection, together with means for restoring the strip to its normal position, by rectilinear dis placement of the entire strip.

6. In a device for distributing and applying material from a container, a strip of fabric designed to carry the material, made up of layers of chamois skin with stifi'ening fabric between, adapted to pass back and forth through an opening in said container.

7. In a device for distributing and applying material from a container, a carrier de signed to move in a slit in the wall of said container, and a movable rod adapted to engage the inner end of said carrier whereby the said carrier may be moved through the wall of said container.

8. In a device for distributing and applying material from a container, having a reservoir, a carrier with its greater portion normally within said reservoir but projecting through an opening therein, a movable rod movable into and out of the container and provided with means for engaging said carrier and a fixed rod in the container adapted to serve as guide for the carrier and the movable rod.

9. In a device for distributing and applying material from a container, having a reservoir, a carrier adapted to slide back and forth through the wall of the reservoir, a sleeve fixed to the carrier, a rod movable through the wall of the reservoir and provided with a sleeve on its inner portion, and a rod fixed to the reservoir walls, on which both sleeves are adapted to slide.

10. In a device for distributing and applying material from a container, a reservoir, a carrier normally in contact with the contents of the reservoir, and contained by the reservoir, but capable of being almost completely withdrawn therefrom, said carrier being placed close to one of the walls of said reservoir, means for returning said carrier to the normal position, and a shoe on the inner end of said carrier, said shoe being beveled so that the edge is even with that side of the carrier which is nearest the wall of the reservoir.

11. In a device for distributing and applying material from a container, having a reservoir, a carrier normally in contact with the contents of the reservoir, but capable of being partially withdrawn therefrom, a movable rod penetrating the wall of the reservoir, a projection on said movable rod and another on said carrier so designed as to engage one another, when the rod is d 'awn outward.

ALBERT CLEMENS.

lVitnesses LOUISE EASTLANI), SAMUEL K. BLAND.

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